Malta has the highest share of
high-growth enterprises from across the EU in 2014, according to Eurostat
figures released today.

Timesofmalta.com Wednesday,
October 26, 2016, 12:00

The government has welcomed EU
statistics showing that consumer sentiment in the eurozone is highest in Malta, for the 11th successive month. The
consumer sentiment index in Malta reached 118, 18% higher than the
eurozone average.

Timesofmalta.com Wednesday,
April 29, 2015, 18:19

Operators in Maltese financial
services showed the highest level of optimism throughout the eurozone.

For the first time Malta reached the top place on what is
known as the Rainbow Map, which is a classification of countries according to
the rights enjoyed by the LGBTIQ community.

Independent.com.mt Monday,
5 October 2015, 16:51

Malta has scored highly in the
latest EU bathing waters quality report, issued today. The European Commission
and all bathing sites in Malta were of excellent quality and Malta tops its list of bathing water
quality.

Timesofmalta.com Wednesday,
May 20, 2015,
11:57

The European Commission released
today the e-Government Benchmark Report 2014 that measures the delivery and
performance of e-Government services in 33 countries (the 28 European Union
member states together with Iceland, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey).
Malta’s performance in the 2013
benchmarking exercise has been outstanding, with Malta leading on all top-level indicators
across the combined services measured.

D.O.I. PR141182, Press Release Issue
Date: May 28, 2014

According to Eurostat statistics
published today, Malta registered the highest rate in
economic growth across EU member states in the second quarter of the year when
economic growth increased by 1.3% from the first quarter.

Independent.com.mt Friday,
5 September 2014, 16:47

Malta registered the highest increase in
industrial production in June in the EU, according to figures released by
Eurostat today.

Maltese people live on average 90%
of their lifespan in good health, a higher percentage than any other European
country, a newly published report has indicated. The European Observatory on
Health Systems and Policies report also indicates that Malta has the lowest preventable
mortality rate in Europe, and that life expectancy on the island (80 years
for males, 80 years for females) is slightly higher than the EU average.

Maltatoday.com.mt 28
February 2017,
4:06pm

Malta's economy grew by 5 per cent
in 2016, making it the fastest-growing economy in the European Union that year.
In nominal terms, GDP grew by 6.7 per cent. Figures released by the National
Statistics Office and EU statistical agency Eurostat showed that the local
economy grew across almost all sectors, with double-digit growth rates in the
agriculture, forestry and fishing sector (12.4 per cent), professional,
scientific and technical and administrative and support sector (11.9 per cent),
and the information and communication sector (11.6 per cent).

Timesofmalta.com Wednesday,
March 8, 2017,
16:35

Malta recorded the highest employment
growth from among EU states in the fourth quarter last year. According to
Eurostat, the EU’s statistical arm, among member states for which data are
available, Malta (+1.9%), Luxembourg and Cyprus (both +0.9%) recorded the highest
increases in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the previous quarter.
Decreases in employment were observed in Estonia (-1.5%), Greece (-0.9%), Lithuania (-0.2%) and Croatia (-0.1%).

Malta has topped a league of
countries offering the best rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
intersex people in Europe. The league table, produced by human rights body
ILGA Europe, measures every country in Europe against a number of factors,
including legal representation, protection and policy for LGBTI people. ILGA Europe said Malta had made significant progress on
its LGBTI laws in recent years and had the best legal recognition of intersex
people in the world.

Timesofmalta.com Wednesday,
May 17, 2017,
14:50

Malta registered the biggest surplus
in the EU and one of the largest decreases in debt in the first quarter of
2017, according to Eurostat data. According to the statistical arm of the EU, Malta saw a surplus 3.5% of GDP, followed
by Germany and the Netherlands at 1.5%. The biggest deficit was
reported in Romania (3.5%).